Love & Betrayal

Chapter Eight: The Ones They Gave Their Hearts To

Pan and Trunks were now with Hercule giving him birthday gifts.

"Happy birthday Gramps!" Pan cheered as she moved to kiss him on the forehead. Mr. Satan chuckled as she did so. "Why for a minute there, Pan, I thought you were your mother. You're certainly growing into a beautiful young woman." Pan blushed at her grandfather's comment.

"I would have to agree too." Kiel's voice came from behind. Trunks turned to look at Kiel as Hercule looked up at the new young man. "Well you must be the lucky guy who's dating my granddaughter." Mr. Satan stated like a fact more than a question, his voice becoming serious.

Kiel only nodded as he placed a hand on Pan's shoulder. Pan's eye twitched as he grabbed her shoulder, but Mr. Satan didn't notice…though Trunks did.

Trunks had been watching out the corner of his eyes. He figured that Kiel was gripping Pan's shoulder hard enough to hurt a human woman or girl. Bulma had forced all the saiyan-bloods to wear an energy control bracelet. And unfortunately it made them as completely weak as a human.

"Well you had better treat her right," Mr. Satan said bluntly as he stared long and hard at Kiel. But then his old, glaring eyes soften some as they turned back toward his precious granddaughter and her friend, Trunks.

"Thank you Pan and Trunks for your thoughtful gifts. I'll see you after the party," Hercule said to them as he placed both of their still wrapped gifts off to one side.

"See you later!" All three youngsters said with a smile.

Pan had wanted to give him a hug, but Kiel gripped even harder as a way of saying 'no'. This made Trunks mad, but not enough that it was noticeable.

Kiel then pulled Pan over to a corner.

"Ouch! You're hurting me! Let go!" Pan harshly whispered as she ripped away from him. "What do you think you are doing?" Kiel hissed, ignoring completely her last statement. "Saying happy birthday to my grandfather." Pan snapped. "Not that! … What are you doing spending all your time with Trunks tonight?" Kiel said matching Pan's harshness.

"As if you care. It's not like you really want to be around me any longer than about an hour or less," Pan said antagonizingly as she crossed her arms. For a second Kiel looked stunned, but then soon recovered.

"And what's that suppose to mean? Come on Pan I love to be around you…" Kiel was cut off. "Love to be around me? You love to be around me! Okay then answer me this, when was the last time we went on a date?" Kiel remained silent as he racked his memory for an answer, but came up with none.

"Oh, no answer. Hmmm…Well here's an easier one, when was the last time you complemented me about how I skate or how good I look, or how smart I am?" Pan tried again. Her anger was getting the better of her and she knew it. But she didn't care anymore.

The thought of seeing Kiel kissing Marron earlier was playing in her head, continuing to fuel her anger.

But once again, silence was his answer.

"See…it's been that long. At least Trunks was there for me when you weren't." Pan stated as she unfolded her arms and turned to walk away. But Kiel grabbed her arm and swung her back around towards him so hard that she hit the wall, hurting her head when she made contact.

But before Kiel could get a word out of his mouth, Trunks walked up to them and tapped his shoulder. Kiel turned to see a very, very angry and scary looking Trunks. Kiel felt like an ant compared to Trunks at that moment.

"Excuse me, but may I speak to Pan for a minuet?" Trunks's voice was very demanding; it didn't sound like a question. Despite his fear of Trunks, Kiel refused to look like a wimp in front of Pan.

"Can't you see we're busy talking?" Kiel said, slightly raising his voice. Trunks silently kept track of his mistakes. So far, action-wise, he was at four.

"Well to me, it looked more like you were throwing her against the wall." Trunks replied. His fist clinched his sides. What did this guy take him for anyway? He's Bulma's son after all! He does have a brain.

Just then Marron walked over.

"Hey what's going on?" Marron asked innocently. Then she noticed Trunks's fists. She began to look from Trunks to Kiel and Pan. When she finally got the big picture, she tried to step in.

"Trunks calm down. This is not the place to..." Marron was cut off. "Come on Marron don't you see Trunks is calm. He was just about to walk off." Pan said as she broke from Kiel's hold and walked over to Trunks, grabbed him by the arm, turned him around, and half pulled him into the crowd of people.

Watching Pan march off with her current 'man' made Marron growl as she stomped her foot. "I can't stand her!" Marron nearly yelled, balling her own fists in frustration. "And I can't stand him either," Kiel replied, implying Trunks.

Both jealous counterparts stood there and watched as Pan continued to lead Trunks away from them, and onto the dance floor.

WITH TRUNKS AND PAN

"That was a close call," Pan sighed. "Yeah…thanks Pan. I was sure I was about to rip off that collar my mom made us and really hurt Kiel," Trunks replied. "I know. How dare he come up to me like nothing happened between him and Marron and then get mad at me because I'm spending the evening with you!" Pan steamed.

But unfortunately their conversation was cut short as Marron came walking up to them again.

"Trunks, hun, may I talk to you?" Marron asked as she immediately snaked her arms around his own. Pan and Trunks didn't move. They only stared at her blankly. "Alone please?" Marron rudely gestured to Pan.

Pan glared back at Marron and then looked back up at Trunks, seeking in his eyes if it was okay for her to go.

Trunks saw the worry in her eyes and nodded his approval of her leaving. Nodding once, Pan walked away into her own little corner away from the two.

"Trunks babe now that we're alone, we need to talk." Marron began. "You got that right. We sure as hell do." Trunks murmured. Marron bit her lip; she didn't understand what he meant.

"Anyway, I haven't seen you all night…" Marron began worriedly. "…And I haven't seen you in almost a month." Trunks coldly countered. "What? Trunks it hasn't been that long." She whined. "Oh, but it has. Apparently your poor friend has yet to feel better." Trunks said sarcastically.

"Trunks what are you talking about?" Marron questioned, confused. "You know what I'm talking about. That friend of yours that has been dying to see you and needs your help and all that other bull you've been telling me." Trunks answered, not looking angry, but rather calm.

"Trunks but how? …That's…that's not fair," She said. "What's not fair?" Trunks mocked. "To try to get back at me you go and hang with Pan the whole night." Marron said as she tried not to drip too much venom in the sentence. Trunks could have sworn he heard a bit of anger in Marron's voice when she said Pan's name.

"Actually Pan's been around me when you were gone…And you wanna no something, whenever I need something she's the first one running to help me. When you say 'no I'm busy', Pan drops everything just to help me."

Marron's face pinched with anger. "She has her own guy, last time I checked! Where in Kami's name would she find the time?" "The weird thing is," Trunks laughed, "is that her guy was helping a friend around the same time you were. IN FACT the exact same DAYS and the exact same TIMES too," Trunks said making sure to emphasize where needed.

Marron's face turned ghostly pale and fear splashed across her sky blue eyes.

"C-come now T-trunks. You don't actually think that I would be…" Trunks cut her off. "I didn't think anything until you said something. You practically just told on yourself," Trunks retorted as he shrugged. "By the way, stay away from me and Pan. I want nothing to do with you anymore. We're over. And another thing Marron, there's nothing to discuss with Pan either," Trunks said. This time his face pinched with anger.

He could tell that if he let her, Marron would go on and on until she found some way to blame Pan for all of it.

Marron began to tear up. "No Trunks, please…" She begged. "Please nothing. When we meet don't speak or even wave to me," Trunks stated. "No Trunks please don't…I...I love you," She sobbed as she sank to her knees.

Trunks looked around him and noticed that the scene Marron was already starting had drawn in a few interested viewers. Trunks sighed and turned away from Marron. He just didn't have the patience.

"Don't even start Marron. Besides you don't even know what love means," He said finally. "Stop making a scene Maroon. You're just embarrassing yourself," Pan said as she walked up. Trunks walked off.

Marron wiped away the fake tears as she turned to watch him go. There were still tears in her eyes, though. These were real tears. He really did hurt her, and she did still like him.

Suddenly Marron felt that someone was standing behind her looking at her, and she turned around. When she saw the face of the person she merely scowled as she began to growl.

"You! This is all your fault!" Marron shouted. "Actually it's all yours and do you want to know another thing? The angry female saiyan I mentioned to you some time ago, you're going to see her real soon." Pan threatened.

OVER NEAR TRUNKS AND KIEL

"You need to stay away from my girl!" Kiel yelled. "She's not yours to own. And besides she gave you up when she saw you kissing Marron, who was my girl," Trunks countered. "You lie. She didn't see a damn thing!" Kiel roared back. "I don't lie when it's something serious. And another thing, when you mess with Pan, you mess with me," Trunks growled.

"Fine. Lets take it outside," Kiel said as he noticed a few people staring.

GOING BACK TO PAN AND MARRON

They moved their argument into the ladies restroom. Marron locked the door behind her once she was sure that she and Pan were the only girls in there.

"Just because you're part saiyan you think everyone's supposed to be afraid of you. Well here's a news flash, I'm not!" Marron yelled.

"I don't expect anyone to fear me because I'm part saiyan," Pan told Marron hotly. "Shut-up Pan. This whole thing, like I said before, is your own fault! You told Trunks and now look. I can't even just be friends with him like I had planned!" Marron shouted.

"Look, I didn't tell him anything but that Kiel stopped hanging around me and the excuses he gave me. He saw you kiss Kiel tonight in the corner all on his own!" Pan said as she crossed her arms and glared daggers at Marron. "And besides I think you're missing an even bigger picture. Trunks is the son of Bulma, after all. He can put two and two together for himself," Pan finished.

"So don't blame me because your stupid plan failed majorly!" Pan added as she began to walk up into Marron's face. At that moment Marron was so mad that she struck Pan across the face without thinking. Due to the fact she was wearing those controllers, Pan stumbled back into the sink, grabbing it for support.

Marron was aware Pan had on the controller and thought this would be a simple fight since she couldn't use her saiyan power; an unfair advantage that played in Marron's favor.

Pan regained her composure and shook off the hit. "If that's the best you can do then I have nothing to fear," Pan said, enjoying the display of anger, fear and shock spread across Marron's face.

BACK TO THE BOYS

The boys had modestly moved their fight outside.

"You know what Trunks? Taking you down will be such a pleasure," Kiel began. "Oh, that's funny because I was going to say the same thing," replied Trunks.

"You know what! I've had enough of you! Just because you're some rich, smart, pretty-boy you think you can boss people around!" "And you think that by playing with a girls emotions just to get, hold, and have you're the man." "Like you haven't. I'll be honest with you okay, that Pan is a babe, but sometimes she's either too much or just coming up short," Kiel said as a sick smile came across his handsome features.

"What do you mean?" Trunks questioned, as he felt his control slipping away. He already couldn't stand the creep, but now he was trash talking about Pan. He wanted to hear exactly what Kiel had to say, so he knew how bad to hurt him.

Kiel chuckled a bit as he watched Trunks raise an eyebrow at his expression.

"She can suffocate you with her feelings for you or love you for doing what she wants you to do, but not what you'd love to do." "You're full of it you know? She loves to do just about all the stuff guys' do and likes half the stuff girls do. It only depends on what you wanted her to do," Trunks said, becoming even more pissed off.

Not able to take anymore of Trunks's attitude, Kiel lashed out and punched Trunks in the face. In effect, Trunks fell back. Kiel smirked, thinking he was nothing but talk, but when Trunks stood back up and faced him, there was no indication that Kiel even hit him.

"That was a cheap shot you took there. Mighty big gamble…Soon you'll regret even hitting me," Trunks hissed gravely.

BACK TO THE GIRLS

Pan stood back up from being kicked in the stomach.

"Ha! You think your all that Pan. Well look at the mighty granddaughter of Hercule and Goku now!" With that comment Pan growled in frustration and tackled Marron to the ground. Then she slapped Marron in the face hard.

Pan got off Marron and grabbed a handful of her hair. She pulled on Marron's hair so that she was on her feet. She then proceeded to slam her into the mirror with all her human might, and then let her fall to the floor.

The mirror had cracked leaving a small indent of Marron's head and a little blood. Marron rolled on the floor in pain. Pan lightly kicked her onto her back so she would be looking up at her. "Well look at you now Ms. Big Mouth! You don't have shit to say now do you? And you wanna know the sad part about all of this?" Pan asked as she mocked Marron. Marron rolled over trying to get to her knees.

Glittering shards of broken glass danced around them and dotted Marron's clothes. From the view of the cracked mirror, Pan had a cynical looking laugh on her face as she continued to eye Marron like a predator would her prey.

"What was that? Yes, you want to know?" Pan mocked again. "Okay well I'll tell you…I WAS COMPLETELY HUMAN THE WHOLE TIME!" Pan screeched as she showed the semi-conscious Marron her ki bracelet.

Marron started coughing and spat out blood as she flopped back on the ground and looked hatefully up at Pan.

"That doesn't mean anything," Marron choked. "The point is…I t-took Trunks and Kiel away from you and, on impulse to my experiment, you reacted violently," she finished. "What experiment? What the hell are you talking about you deranged blonde!" Pan yelled, growing confused.

"I-I was testing your patience. Doing the opposite of what you said to see how far I could push you until you cracked." Marron answered, ignoring the insult.

BACK TO THE BOYS

Stupidly Kiel had ripped off Trunks control bracelet on his wrist and was now feeling the wrath of an angry saiyan. Trunks came up and threw a right hook that hit Kiel's chin. Kiel went up in the air and then came down again.

'Man…I never faced someone so strong before,' Kiel thought as he tried to sit up, but failed. He rolled on his side and watched through half closed eyelids as Trunks paced towards him.

"Had enough or do you want dessert? 'Cause I have a whole lot of anger left in me, and if I can't satisfy your hunger I know a ton of people who probably could," Trunks taunted. Kiel weakly tried to sit up again.

"You know I may not be strong enough to actually be a challenge to you…" Kiel began. "And I'm glad you realized that, by the way." Trunks interrupted. "BUT the fact is, Marron and I got you and Pan where it hurts you the most…your pride...While you physically hurt me, over time I will heal and think nothing of this moment. While you…you have to live with a piece of your pride missing. Though I may have hurt Pan's heart and my own, but at least I have Marron." Kiel said as he slowly, but strongly made it to his feet. The smirk that was once on the young Saiyan Prince's mouth was gone and replaced with a scowl.

Apparently both gentlemen didn't here the door open and slam or the sound of dropping heals or running footsteps against the concrete ground heading towards them. But they did notice a very beyond-all-reason-emotionally-upset-and-furious looking Pan.

She then slapped Kiel so hard that he fell back down on the ground in front of her.

"How could you? Huh? How could you just say that? 'I may have hurt Pan's heart and my own, but at least I have Marron!'" Pan said in a mocking voice as she repeated his words. "What the… I mean, what do I have to do to get the message out that Marron's a tramp? I mean I gave you my trust and love! What more did you want me to give you. I was giving you my heart asking you to take it, but all you did was take it and shatter it! Can't you see she's not your type? She cheats and manipulates people!" Pan yelled in frustration. Tears stung Pan's eyes now.

"She may have done that to Trunks and other guys, but she won't do that to me." "But she probably just wants you because I had you. That's all she does. She did that to Goten, Ubb and Trunks! She only went out with Trunks so that I couldn't." Pan said, stomping her foot.

She totally forgot Trunks was there. He was starring at her in disbelief now.

'Pan wanted to date me?' He thought in his head as he continued to stare at Pan.

The sound of people talking frantically and the sound of flashing cameras could be heard. Pan punched Kiel in the face and he fell back unconscious. She couldn't take it anymore. This was just too much for her to handle right now.

"Come on." Pan ordered to Trunks as she grabbed his arms. Trunks allowed her to pull him around the corner and partially drag him as she ran down the block. Then he grabbed her around the waist and, using the lowest amount of energy possible, took flight into the air.

BACK AT THE HALL

The ambulance pulled away with Marron's lithe and bloody form and now a second one was on the way for Kiel.

Mr. Satan walked to his limo and got inside. "Oh Pan," He said under his breath. Once situated in the back of the limo, Mr. Satan commanded the driver to take him to the Satan Forest, exactly where he knew his granddaughter would have gone.

But the limo didn't move.

"What's the problem up there?" Hercule asked impatiently. The black tinted window that separated the driver from Hercule began to row down slowly. Once the window was half way down there was a gun pointed towards Hercule. Although Hercule saw the gun it was too late. The trigger was pulled and pierce his skin and crimson red blood began stain his white shirt and tux.

Hercule fell over and the shooter smiled. "NO problems sir. Just a little car trouble." The shooter said evilly. "Why you..." Hercule choked.

"Curse these wretched devices, you're still alive." He said angrily. He shot Hercule two more times in the back. "Can't let my little angel know I killed you just yet. I'd like to remain anonymous a bit longer." He said to the dead form.

"Well I'm done here. Tell Pan I'll see her soon, but wait your dead. Never mind," And the person teleported out of the car someplace else, while Mr. Satan lay there, life, energy, and strength pouring out of him.

"Pan..." He whispered for the last time. The word was he directed towards an object just above his head.

It was a pair of flamed designed gloves with the finger cut off. And they had his name on it with smoke over each letter as a way to suggest they were sizzling or burning. It was the gift Pan gave him. That he didn't open until moments ago. All the sudden the limo door flung open and Videl sank to her knees at the sight.

"Dad…dad…" Videl mumbled as she gently shook him.

And that's when she noticed the spots where he had been shot in the back. She was already teary eyed. "Noooo!" She screeched into the cold dark air, as a small crowd gathered around her to see the problem.

TRUNKS AND PAN

Trunks flew over to a lake in Satan Forest where the sat there and blew silent curses at Marron and Kiel. For a moment they were silent until Pan felt a tiny tug on her heart. She didn't know how to put it. It was strong yet weak. And a quick image of her grandfather came to her mind, then left.

Quickly Pan looked off into the distance to where her grandfather was. "Oh no, Trunks something's wrong…Really wrong," She whispered as Trunks looked up at her.

!STOP HERE!

A/N- Well everyone sorry I took sooooooooo long to update, I wanted to update on Valentimes Day but my friend found a beta reader for us and I didn't send it to them until afterwards, so hey that can't be helped. After this chapter I do believe we're going back into the present so get ready for that transition.

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I just want to thank anyone who reviewed me last chapter. If you had any questions I hope this chapter answered them or if you had any requests I hope some of them were met. If not review them again and I'll get you next update, which FOR SURE will be sooner.